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sadowsky black pickguard question

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513rocks.com

Sep 22, 2004
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a couple months ago i bought a wonderful sadowsky uv70. natural ash with black pickguard and maple neck with black blocks and binding. i love everything about it except the pickguard. everytime i polish it, it swirls scratches BAD. where i slap and pop, there are a million little dot scratches right under the G string right below the neck pickup. the bass is still in mint condition but the pickguard looks 20 years old. i called sadowsky and i can get the same pickguard for 50.00 but it will just scratch up again in a couple months. ive never owned a bass with a black pickguard before, does this happen to all black pickguards? does anyone know where i can get a pickguard that wont scratch up so easy? i wonder if anyone makes a layered pickguard that is black/white/black/clear. if not, it would be a good idea. does anyone have any ideas or advice? i thought about maybe getting a tort pickguard but the black one looks too awesome...............
 
#2
do a search for terrapin guitars- they do custom pickguards. ask about a matte black guard, it will resist scratches much better - them him you want a black matte guard that won't scratch easily, he will know exactly what to do. good luck!
( you may have to send him you guard or a tracing so he can make an exact copy)
 
#4
believe me, glossy pickguards get swirls and scratches, it just shows up more on the black. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the vintage thing. I bought a used Sadowsky Tokyo that had an aftermarket matte black guard from terrapin because of this very reason. I sold the bass, by that time i had a black pearloid guard on it- i still have that matte black guard, and it shows no scratches, its a different material.
 
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adrian garcia said:
believe me, glossy pickguards get swirls and scratches, it just shows up more on the black. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the vintage thing. I bought a used Sadowsky Tokyo that had an aftermarket matte black guard from terrapin because of this very reason. I sold the bass, by that time i had a black pearloid guard on it- i still have that matte black guard, and it shows no scratches, its a different material.
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+1 Here as well...Black is beautiful BUT Tort is Better!! LOL, JK! I agree that the black is great but it will take the average player about 30 days to really see some serious "scarring" on a black guard. I also recommend Terrapin or Roger at Jeannies, both do great work and can help you out for about the exact same money. In my opinion, 1 is just as good as the other but I do perfer Rogers (Jeannies) Tort and have bought 3 Torts, and a Black Pearl from him and they were all top notch!!! Good Luck!

Peace,

T
 

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